Vivek Sah (Lied Center for Real Estate Studies) authored a paper, "Sample Selection Approaches to Estimating and Allocating House Transaction Funding Price Differentials" that was published in the Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics.

Robert Randolph (Management, Entrepreneurship, and Technology) recently presented at the Family Enterprise Research Conference in Guadalajara, Mexico. The research, co-authored by Kirk Silvernail (Management, Entrepreneurship, and Technology), considers the role family relational embeddedness plays in mitigating the performance diminishing stigma…

Won-Yong Oh (Business) and his co-authors' business case "Uniqlo: Expansion into Canada" was published with the Ivey Publishing.  This case describes how Uniqlo, a Japanese fast fashion company, entered the Canadian retail market.    

John Starkey's (Business) BUS 103 class raised $5,063 during the 2018 spring semester. The money will benefit four charities chosen by the students: Southern Nevada Children First, Veterans Village Las Vegas, The Trauma Intervention Program of Southern Nevada and Jobs for Nevada's Graduates. Students who participated in this semester's…

Won-Yong Oh (Business) and his co-authors' paper "Intragroup Transactions, Corporate Governance, and Corporate Philanthropy in Korean Business Groups" was published in the Journal of Business Ethics.  This study examines how the corporate philanthropy decisions of group-affiliated firms in Korea (Chaebol firms) are made. Journal of Business…

Chris Utterback (Finance) received the 2017-2018 Partner of the Year Award from the  Las Vegas chapter of the International Association of Insurance Professionals for the development of the insurance classes that he teaches at the Lee Business School.

Erin Hamilton (Accounting) was awarded a three-year fellowship  with EY. EY is a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services. Hamilton is the second faculty member in accounting to be named an EY fellow.

Daniel Chi (Finance) and his co-authors' paper "Why Has the Value of Cash Increased over Time?" was published in the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. This publication is considered to be an A+ journal in finance. Additionally, he recently was interviewed by Las Vegas Sun and discussed issues concerning debt…

Ikseon Suh (Accounting) and collaborators Anna Rose and Jacob Rose, both from Oregon State University; Jay Thibodeau of Bentley University; Kristina Linke of University of Groningen; and Carolyn Norman of Virginia Commonwealth University won third place in the 2017-18 Glen McLaughlin Prize for Research in Accounting and Ethics for their paper, "…

Shawn McCoy (Economics) has been accepted to the 2018 Lincoln Institute Scholars Program. As part of this, he will be associated with the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and participate in a program in May with other selected Ph.D.s in public finance or urban economics from all over the country. He also will have an opportunity to…

Casey Dakus (Fine Arts), Annie Lu, (Business), Schetema Nealy (Sciences), and Kaela Palmer (Liberal Arts) have been chosen to receive the spring 2018 Southwest Travel Awards. They were selected from almost 100 student applicants. Recipients of the awards receive a round-trip travel voucher from Southwest Airlines to allow them to travel…

Innovation (Research & Economic Development), the university's research magazine, recently received a Bronze Award of Excellence from District VII of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). CASE Awards of Excellence showcase best practices in alumni relations, fundraising, public/government relations, advancement…